Any ideas? No seriously, really. Any ideas?

I guess it’s a good example of the old “those who can’t do, teach.” I wonder how many business school majors go into teaching. I know lots of English majors do!
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Of course, the exception is what often proves the rule in terms of good education. Business schools have delivered a huge amount of managerial and financial education, in general raising the overall level of management world wide. The focus on managing the firm and making decisions within a going concern however, can let down the entrepreneur who often needs to think from a different standpoint. And Andrew, Have a great time on your travels around South Korea. Sounds fantastic.

Speaking from a personal viewpoint, my ‘business’ degree trained me to become exactly what I was for the first seven years of my working life – a back office employee!

Don’t get me wrong, there is absolutely nothing wrong at all with being a back office employee, and business schools certainly need to provide adequate training in terms of important back office business functions. But I certainly got the feel during the course of my studies that the higher education environment, at least in Australia, was not something which was geared towards the fostering of an entrepreneurial mindset or culture amongst developing young adults.

With regards to your idea, I would say that you would have lost ninety-nine per cent of university deans the moment you mentioned anything about the university handing them a cheque!

But broadly, I agree with your comments. Entrepreneurialism is not about staying comfortable in back offices – it’s about getting your hands dirty at the coal face
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Since my career started as a custom manager, i learned that as much as work teaches you, no degree or educative material can teach you, being an MBA, i have learned nothing, but being a entrepreneur i got everything, what educative tutorials teaches you are just for interviews, real work starts at field

In the school of life, there is a lot to be said for having a system that puts you up to bat more often and having mentors that help you tailor advice for your context or situation.

For many people the danger comes in when they become to complacent about their ability to predict winners. Truth is, if you aren’t swinging and missing on a regular basis then you’re probably letting a lot of unusual opportunities pass you by.